Lymphomatoid granulomatosis: Insights gained over 4 decades

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 34, Issue 12, 2010, Pages

  Katzenstein, Anna Luise A ^a   Doxtader, Erika ^a   Narendra, Sonia ^a  

^a State University of New York Upstate Medical University: College of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

angiocentric lymphoproliferative disorder; EBV associated lymphoproliferative disorder; lung lymphoma; lymphomatoid granulomatosis; Wegener granulomatosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; COMORBIDITY; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS INFECTION; FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LUNG TUMOR; LYMPHOMA; LYMPHOMATOID GRANULOMATOSIS; MALE; MORTALITY; PATHOLOGY; SURVIVAL RATE; T LYMPHOCYTE;

B-LYMPHOCYTES; COMORBIDITY; EPSTEIN-BARR VIRUS INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HERPESVIRUS 4, HUMAN; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; LYMPHOMA; LYMPHOMATOID GRANULOMATOSIS; MALE; SURVIVAL RATE; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 78650333254     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: 15320979     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PAS.0b013e3181fd8781     Document Type: Article

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